So some may not consider this a workout, but I beg to differ. Take 2 dogs - one puppy and one who is trying to get rid of the puppy, on a 2 mile jog, run, walk.

First-if you've ever tried to run with a dog, sometimes the trees and all the smells are too tempting and sudden stops are required. Secondly, if you've ever run with a dog, many times agility and speed is required to stop suddenly, take off suddenly, avoid the leash that's all of a sudden in your path, the agility to do a 90 degree turn on a dime, the strength to hold on to a leash being jerked out of your hand, etc.

Secondly, if you've ever run with a puppy, the attention span is even less than an 8 1/2 year old dog.

Thirdly, if you've ever run with 2 dogs, well....

So the workout was to tire out my older dog so she wouldn't have the enery to try and bite the puppy. A 2 mile run to the Academy and back to see "Daddy Dave" work out was in order. I didn't forsee the fact that she's attached to him and the thought of leaving him alone was way too much. So for 3 blocks I had to drag her away from her favorite play toy AKA Dave back to the house. Apparently 2 miles wasn't enough to tire her out, since she immediately decided the puppy was way too excited and needed to put a stop to that. Poor Dingo.

So the next part was, instead of just taking the puppy, I would brilliantly take both dogs. The minute I shut the door, I had the feeling this would be a BIG mistake. I thought exercising was supposed to relieve the stress!

Boo's main focus was to get back as quickly to Dave.

Dingo's main focus was...EVERYTHING.

It really wasn't a bad walk, although it was a walk more than the jog/run I was hoping for. I think we ran about half the time.

So far so good. Then we hit the Academy. For some reason, the sounds of box jumps and actions and all the people just freaked Dingo out. She was pankicky and couldn't wait to get out of there. But mean mommy made her sit and wait before bolting outta there! So much for doggie crossfit ;)

Funny thing was that when we ran, I could really feel the push off my foot, felt like I had a better "kick" and worked more on the core, worked on lifting the knees to avoid the raised sidewalk, etc. I thought I looked better since it felt like I was running with better form.

And end result was that both dogs were asleep on the floor for the rest of the evening. Whew! It also meant that our dinner wasn't until way after 8pm. Guess a run to the Academy might have to be a routine for Dingo (get her used to the sounds and all the people) and just a run for Boo. What I won't do for those dogs!

New Cycle-New Test In

1 Mile 8:57
100 yds lunges to 30 pushups
Lunge to 50 yd line (about 150 yd mark) to 30 dips on the bleacher
Lunge to 200 yd mark to 30 situps
Lunge to 300 yd then sprint

Total time: ? Can't remember. I think somewhere around 23+ minutes, but really I don't know.

Thoughts and reflections:
This is the second time I ran a mile under 9 minutes. My thought is that a 9:30 pace is really much more comfortable, but that's the laziness in me coming out. So the next goal is to get my pace down to under 8:50. That's ONLY 7 seconds, right? Yyyeeeaaahhh, sure.

Have to work on the dips. I don't have the flexibility in my arms to stay close to the bench. At least I think it's a flexibility issue and not just a strength issue. So dips and pullups are two things that need to be worked on. And pushups.